Saldanha Steel, Pliocene (Pliocene of South Africa)

Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Varswater Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. A. Avery and R. G. Klein. 2011. Review of fossil phocid and otariid seals from the southern and western coasts of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 66(1):14-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 115221: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
? Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Fragilicetus sp. Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016 rorqual
SAM-PQSS-224
Diunatans luctoretemergo Bosselaers and Post 2010 rorqual
SAM-PQSS-223, SAM-PQY-112